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asthmatically

asthmatically

8.2
In a way that sounds like wheezing and hard, short breathing
  • adverb
  • /æsmæθɪkli/
translation icon : asmáticamente
  • The old dog lay on the porch, panting asthmatically after chasing the squirrel that darted across the yard.
  • wheeze asthmatically

Examples

  • After the run, he collapsed on the ground, breathing asthmatically, struggling to catch his breath.

  • Ike was breathing asthmatically.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • I sat gasping asthmatically on a low, creaky old folding chair behind a high, rickety conference table, pretending to review my notes.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • We crossed the echoing stone floor and climbed into a slow-moving elevator that labored asthmatically skyward and put us out several levels up near a doorway that opened to a balcony.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • She often played outside, but if the pollen count was high, she would breathe asthmatically, needing her inhaler.

Synonyms

wheezingly
vsasthmatically
9.1

With short, noisy breaths because it is hard to breathe

covers wheeze and other breathing difficulties rather than only the sound

How Wheezy

wheezily
1 7.8
asthmatically
8.2

Surface Forms

asthmatically positive

Morphology

asthmatically = asthmatic (transparent) = asthma + tic + ally

The adverb is formed regularly from the adjective 'asthmatic' by adding the adverbial suffix '-ally', so the meaning is predictable from the base.

Etymology

Asthmatically comes from the word asthma, which comes from an old Greek word meaning 'shortness of breath' or 'panting'. So, to do something asthmatically is to do it with wheezing or gasping, like someone who has trouble breathing.